WILLAMETTE FARMER.
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Snlwii, Snlimliiy, Kb. 22,
"J'.wtM nut Sau: Head the adver
tisement of Mr. .lo-eph Jt. Fo"e, in
(i-diiy's paper.
Ni:w(hn lien. The M. V.. Chinch
South, of Salem, has puichaid
ground lit I In; inn tin ul corner of
Coiul mill Liberty stitelf, ninl lible -lute of thin;,'-'.
proceeding l i-H'ct u chinch building doubtful wholher the liulf bus ever
lliorcon. ihe, edifice Is to be of wood. Ijouii old. K very body knows the
Sonutoilal contest begins before the
Senatorial Klccllons.
There are many good reasons why
the Pio-idciit should lie fleeted by
illreet vole of the people. And there
arc at least as many good reasons
why I. S. Senatoi "liould be elected
In the amo way. There never was
any good eno In the present system,
and Its evils arc Ik coming niore anil
nioic iippaieiit every year. The
prc-cnt squabble in Kuu-ns Is bring
ing the matter before the country.
The mere charges of fraud mid cor
ruption in (hcni-clvcs Indicate a fer-
And It is very
Ship niilhlln?.
Itnek Point Fanners' Club btul a
regular iiiicflug, Feb. Mb, anil elected
the following iiauicd as oiltccis for (be
cnsulnglcini: Pie-ldi-nt, (1. W. Hunt;
Vice Prc-Idi-nl, John P. Aiulcr-on;
Legislative nominations aro made.
It goes on after the election until the
time of balloting, mid often continues
the better half of the 'c-Ion. And,
Sccrctmy, I. K. (Jlen-on; Ai-s'tSee.y, t" -y nollilng of the frauds that uro
(J. S. Downing; Troii-mer, .lohn practiced, me mere inetsoi our logH
Dnwiilug; l.iliiniiuu, i:. T. PoikiiiH. 'latlvo H's-Ions being thus waited,
. i and of our legislators being 'elected
Cai-iioi. Commi'-siim:ii. Hon. , In view of this election rather than
Kauiiicl Itinun having declined the In view of their (piallllcatlons as law
appointment ofCapltol ('oniniNloni'r, 'makers, are sulllclent to condemn
Mr. Samuel Allen, of Mai Ion county, , (he present system. It is well known
litis been appointed to the place. All , that the best part of two out of three
the CouinilHsloneis have now aceepti d'of our own legi-latlve sessions N
ninl qualified, ami picpaiatlous w 111 ! worse than wasted by these demur
M'mii be made for win U. The Coimiils- ,,t,, eontests. We ask our pollll-
iiiiH-ioiieisine, .loiiu i . .Miner, iiemy iwl oxflmnirc-. ill all candor. Is there
ICIhiiiel, ami Samuel Allen. It 1
liudcislnod Ihnt.liiscph llolniau, l!-i.,
will be scleclcd its the Sllpciiutcu
dent ill tbi wolli on I lie ginllllil. No
In Iter selection roiilil I m inaile.
any good lou-on why the people of
the .States should not elect their Sen
ators by it direct vole'.'
Stair Toiiiii'r.iin'c llllancr.
CiuAi;i:its. Some kinds of ero.ik-
, ors we like and some w e don't. Men
whocroak about hard tlmcsaud never
This body nut liiSalciiioiiTliui-iliiy, do anything to make times better, we
at HeeiPs Opeia I (mite, and oll'cclcd ( imvo no paitieular liking for. Crows
n peiuiaiieiil oii.-iiiiiiitloii by the that croak In the nlrmulqiiiirrclovor
election of I :. W. Ityiui, of Poillaiiil, ' (l(, 0in, (he .streets aie not the
riesiiieiit; i. ii. i mm, ('. II. Nalkci, ,., ,m,,,.a r )ir(N) though when
H. Iloweis, Vlee P.eMilen; M. Miller, , . ,n Mte sociable. Wo
heoie taryj . ! . V ... I, Cor. Sec' vj J. l.almn( ,mt ,Ije ti,n S Wl,
as we do lliichesaud robins. Hut tho
truest ofall croakers a re in the brooks
and ponds. They aro frogs. Their
croaking means spring. We have
heard them more or lo-s for several
weeks past, though a few evenings
past they have .-ecmed a little doubt
II. D. lleiiileiMin, Chaplain; Win
Lemon, Sergeaut-at-AriiiH.
A couiinlllee on CKilculhils wa
appointed, consisting of I', flays, .1.
(Minn Tboiutiin, mid A. '. Walling.
The hs-Imii nf the afternoon wiin
rather bolsteinus and dl.-onlelly,
C.lll-1'll I IV till I ll lit! I I if till, llll,lllltl(l,
on eiedeiuhils, which i.- mnciMc.l I f"' ,,Im"" l'Hlng their heads above
tho exclusion or delegated fioni the i water. We have strung hopes that
unman Kiiirmge enncnilon, on (. nimther week will drive doubt away,
gioiind Hint they iepiVM-nti.il u politl mid frost aNo, mid that thereafter
citl oigaiiintinii, and choiilil not be J every evening will bring a full cho
lepliselileil In Ihe Alllaiiee. The ' "is of cio.lkeis to the surface.
wiiiidliigi iis. -
I Niir Ai.um:. The faiiiier of Oie
iiImi adopted, , gnu me not alone In the pro-cut ngl
iiitiinhictiiiii of latlon eiiiicerulug freight, innnopi-
polilieal or -irlniliiii ui.itleis In ills lies and self-protection. 'I'lie prc-cnt
cui-kIiiiic; an.l one liiuitliig hpral.lug ' awakening Is national. (lure.cliau-
to live minutes. j.,.s f,.,,,,, ,.v,.lV p, t of (he f'nloii lu-
A ' ""' '" lesoluiioiis was dlc.itea wide-spreail feeling among
Tippolutid-t;. W. Volliini, J. I,, luoducer.i that nmttliiiiK nuixt be
P.urlsli, l. NewM.u, l. Wall-.auil A. ,(H, .;Verv gieat leAirm begins
M. siulili. AN., ii .omn.ltiee " with Just stud, agitation. We doubt
....Mltut on and by-laws- l.elan, , , ,,,,,,, vv, ,K, nm(kj ,
1 , V V1",' ,k', "' u-vl""' " their haste to right things many will
'""':; , . advocate etienie and huitfnlnieas.
.i iiir i'm'iiiiik m'"simi, ii eiv nun"!
lepoil, after llllleh
lliinll.s mliiplcil.
Iti'Milnl Inns were
doelmlug naaliist (In-
We nre Indebted to Guv. (!Ihb for
a paper containing oino statistics on
.ship building In Maine In 1ST:!, s hich
we condense, as follow.s; Number of
vessels built of all fla-st', 17U; (on
nage, IO,o:).j. The conipaiNou with
(lie greatest tonnage built in former
years is as follows: 1 "!, 10,003 tons
1S(JI, Kil vessels, .7,.,liS tons; ls7i',
17JJ vessels, I0,(J!13 ton. Tho excess
of tonnage in 1S(!1 was due to the
greater proiorlloii of hlj)snnil bark's.
For lhol, the icjiort says that u much
gieater number of veels will be
built than In 172, and propo-ed ves
sels are named amounting to a total
37,0(10 tons, mostly alieady undor
contract. Thenggicgate fortheye.tr
Is expected to reach (13,000 ton-, or
H,000 tons more than In any former
year anil there is every prospect of
going beyond that figure. "2sext
year will witness the lnile-t season
for many years among our shlji-bulld-er.s,
and Maine may not only recover
her poitiou as a ship. building State,
but take the llr-t In rank."
'f'he report continues: ' The turn
ing polutln theliistoryof .ship-build-lug
In tho Tutted States has at last
been reached, and the actual work of
the year IS72 Is such us must give
great gratification, alike to thoe
who were discouraged by previous
misfortune mid incredulous of pre
sent Improvement, as well as to
thoe who, like ourselves, believed
that a new and better system was
mioii to be attained. AVith very little,
Indeed practically nothing, of legis
lative aid, Ihe year IS72 shows a re
cord of wooden vessels built nearly
pifiial to the best year of pluvious
hl.story, and in iron vesels a very
la rgeevces over any previous period.
The Act of June 0, 1S"J, remitted
Home portion of the duties charged
on materials entering into shipbuild
ing, but very little opportunity was
actually afforded to benefit by the
proposed measure. In fact, Its im
portance had been greatly exaggera
ted, mid, the shipbuilders of Maine
appear (o have paid very little atten
tion in it. In a detailed report of
ves.ols actually built in Maine dur
ing 187:!, made nt Augusta, Dee. IL,
ultimo, no mention is made of the
law or Its application. The calcula
ted dlli'ercnces bclwcen huildinir
sailing vessels In the ports of Maine,
as compared with like building In
the IliltMi Provinces, have been Il
lustrative, and toa great extent un
founded in practice. The s.tine N
tine of all calculated dill'erences be
tween Iron shipbuilding on the Del
aware and on the Clyde. When
practical builders get to work most
of the iis-crted dllleience tlNap
pear."
olv In Orciron at anv time, and (lie veiopc as we an ..u ,u . , ,. ,. .,lV ue-
cgon farmer has' now a choice of llevo it will, (ho Columbia will prove
more and butter methods of getting us (he Willamette has proven an
..",. i...f n.,..i over be- inelllclent and costly channel; but,
I is .-
.!
,,ll'" . i ...t.lln Ikiv nfii lifitli Html. It snnm-j
fore. Ho has the common rami, ........ v. ..... ---, ...-
el, Inn-roved over Its condition of (o me (hata.,(ean.er, wi( . apowerfu
. ... sttwviiifi nnii n niniiiifir m i itriir.i iniir
ten, fifteen, or twenty years ago; ne yi'"- ""- ; " -
as the river, al-o much lmimved keel-boa would be ho cheapest
over what it was last voir; mid he iikmih of dellve.ing llla.uetto vnl-
ha lendlrooflhoeast'.ldeand ley pn-ductsa( As(o.ia-((l.ey should
i...ir i. . .i.i,. nf the AVlllani- never be .slopped at Portland.) Tho
HUH lll HIU M,WI -.'s. ... .---
ette river, taking the heavy pio-
ste.uuer could town lot of such boats
cuiwd was in mteuilnuce, aside I'mni
the iiieuibelH of the CiiiiMieliou, w bo
aliine numbeied nearly two bundled, i
(leu. Palmer w'ii iiiliiillted torepiesent
the MM. lteiallon, and .1. I.. I'm
rlsb (Ik, IVnllciilliiiy. I
An iuellleliiul allciiipt was made to
admit Mis. A. .1. Iliiiilwny in a dele
gate limn the Mute nl large.
A li'siiliitlnu asking lhi I,edslatiii(.
to i slabllsli mi iis 1 in ll fur iiieblbilis
uu's. Ititt lii the end the agitation
will biing thedesired result. Out of
ih, ins order will come at last. I.et
farmers be everywhere awal.e. I.et
(hem nrgaiiie, lead, think, and
write their thoughts. I.et the mis
siles of healthy agitation fly thick
and last, and the battle will be : sooner
ended.
A PiniMiiAi. I 'a i it. Prominent
wnsp.s.,, jiU n,. toap..ilnl thieein,tl,,,m ''W xuuro proH)sng
peisouslu .Miliioiiiu.v iii bold ine.l- ii'migurute a permanent Interna-
IngsMt least miiva niiiiitb. tioiial ehibitiou in that city. It is
Kev. S. Il.meis ibeii dil(eied mi designed to erect pcimuucut build-
elitieut and poweiful addicssou (be ings of an expensive character, mid
subject of teiiipci.iiuv, of ueai ly an make the exhibition excel miylhliig
hour In leiiKib, wbbh was IMeued In of the kind ever witnessed. ICach
w lib lhcgie.itei.t attention throughout. State and Territory Is to have a de-
(In Pild.i.v nun iiIiik a u'siilulluii was partiiieiit for (he display of Its pio-
passed admitting Mi. Dumilway as duets, and I'm elgn count lies are to be
delegate at huge. In the afternoon, granted such prhllege.s asare grant-
seveuil amendments lo the cuistltu- ed at all World's l-'aiis. Thebiilldlng
tlou weieadoptnl.aiHl about f.uly del- is m bo uearlv one thoiisuiid feet
Kiile- wlliiihvwfinuii the Couxei.tlon. M,uim, iUll ,h, fltrU, h,Blli ,,..
""' niouuted by a domeofgl.is.sand Iron
MMille, l-Vli. IT.-Jium s04ltt) .ull,.K,ug aiiyllilug of the kind m
MUileiit at tlie Iciiilinr al I ulveislly, .i, ..nri,i irili..s..l ,., I
wan fomid deinl In bis b.,1 at the V'.'0"11, , Ul1 vlu',,u, muvons-
I'lilMislly boimllng hous,. yeMeidiiv ,u wo predict that this exhibition
iimmlug. It Is MipiHocd lu die'd will be one of the leadlngatli-.icllons
daring mi epileptic ill, ,is ,!,,., lv r., ....,..,
i.i i i '
evblenees of st niggling iin.l Ids u.m
nun nice m MUiuwiiat luulfcd
llie fteawrl Hosiery l'oiupuii ul
l.,ll.-wiV.t l.t.t.lkJI....... I... I
-. ... -, in iiipriaii', iceeiv.si a er
luvonuiio notice In a late number
Hie Ju'W York Mi-ivautllo Journal.
Km.uu.i i."TlH(iAoe.s;irfil
published in Portland, byllenrv IT.
, llermmi, N much eularged mid im
proved In appearance. It is now
printed in elght-iuige form.
The (iu'stlons or flu flay amount
Farmers.
IMIlur WIIUiiu'IU' rarni. c
Classed amongst the tillers or the
ground, but being -o unfortunate in
my location as to not have the ad
vantage or a farmers' club, ovliy so,
I cannot tcll.i it occurs to me that 1
can, through the columns of the
l'u.Mi:n, take a part with all the
clubs now oigaul.ed In dlcuslng
the ipiestloiis that are pressing tlii'in
selves upon the attention or the pro
ducing ii.ises of this State ye, I
might .iy of the entire coast, fertile
agricultural prcs of California N
ringing the change.s upon the anie
themes that me now being o gen
erally dlseiisscd here.
The first and most prominent
theme Is railroad monopolies, -,,
called. In the l.it number of the
l'MiMim, "Itex," writing from Chi
cage, "Argil-," n-oni Poitluud, ail
dress ItoYorc the I.lun Co. Farmer.'
ClubXo. I, mid alo from a meeting
or r.irmers at Salem, make that the
bunion of their discourse, and mo
nopolies, rings, mid Individuals, w ho
are supposed or assumed to be in the
way of nioie Just mid laii comiuer
eial nial Ions U'tween the Oregon
pi-odmer and the consuming world
outlde, come In mr their proportion
of blame fertile pre-ent condition of
the farming Interests of Oregon.
Now, Mr. Kdltor, 1 cannot mo the
justice of many of these complaints
and charges or " monopolies," in
truth, then never h.i been a nionop-
.... it... ..I...... . i 1 1 l tliik(nvlll(l tin inn.
luctsor three-fourths of the larget "P " "V" "" ' .. ...... ..""
cultivated area of (ho country, nt "1 Midi .streams us me luiiiiiiii.&nii
cheaper rates and more expeilltlous- tlmn, and upper branches of the
Iv than ever befoie. We, as produ- Willamette, and dropped down
cers, have a choice of at least three loaded, by the aid of a few hands.
dllleieiK modes of .sending our pm-. These two-the Astoria railroad, and
duels to maiket, and one of the-e at single steamer mm required nuiiiucr
lea-t cannot be aflected bv nionopo- of keel or lighter boa(s-aremyplan
lie or rings. , man can force us or creating a more healthy eonipeti-
fioni (he coninioii road; I therefore (ion In our carrying trade. I do not
see no jutice in the charge made wih, Mr. Kdltor, to assume (ho po-
against "rings who have combined .sltlon of teacher on this subject, for
to steal from its our hard and honest , I confess It Is a .subject on which I
earuiii"s." " llot well posted, and will leave it
ThaUho-e who have Inve-tineiits to such men as Mr. Win. Ruble, who
made in (he earning trade of Or- seems (o be giving Kills attention,
egon charge as high rates as they ' The next question or importance
can hope (o get consistently with (ho is (lie production of crops. This most
growth and mturo development or important question Is di-scus-cd by
their business, is nio-t true. That both the Highland and Hock Point
they may sometimes raise their Farmers' CIuIh, and (he discussions
charges too high, Is also moit proba- are published in the P.n.Mi:it. As
tde; but can we fanner.-1, as a class, both Clubs ropro-ent upland districts
Justly complain or others for the-e Mich as the lands I cultivate, I am
kind of mistakes '. Do we noi often nmcii inicrcstcu tn tiioir discussions,
do the .same'.' i.et wheat, for in-1 The President or the Highland Far-
stance, go up to one dollar per buh-' 'er-' Club seems to speak tho gen-
el, and how many raise In their de-, eral views or the members when ho
maud Tor a higher price V I.et wool, gives wool and mutton as his first
under a speculating demand, as last (mid I Mippo-o) most important crop,
year, go up to llfty and llfty-seven j ami Mr. Henry Allen, who teems to
cents per pound, and how many of' lean ftrongly to grain as his prlnci
us are willing to st.l fov hn (Attn all 11 crop, fears he has injured his
Hiurktt iclll ijlvt i Is the prlncl-' 'ami by too deep mid thorough plow
pie or asking and taking all the mar-. Ing ids "plow will no longer hcour,"
ket will give, less Just when applied ' - Uglit has the Mill become, and lie
to capital u-cd in ciftrylng crops than ' now proposes to let the sheep cat the
when u-cd In their production '.' 1 1 weed, mid see ir they can put tho
think not. If, however, there can soil In such condllioii as will "turn n
be any means adopted lo render pro-1 furrow."
ducers more iiuUjwmloil o( those Iet me make a suggestion to my
who are engaged in the carrying i friends Uccr mid Allen: .Voir oirj
trade, or the nilddle-men, as' the '"'w such land as you can get in
commercial clas are called, 1 think . such condition ?s Mr. Allen de
ll pei-rcctly proper to adopt such , scilbes, and do not stir it again with
means. On this ubJcct,Mr. Flnlay- the plow until the combined hay
son, in his address to the I.lun Co. and palurnge aro not as profitable
Farmers' club No. , has some good as a grain crop. I am now plowing
thought-'. Ho evidently believes orchard-grass cod, laid down in 18(11;
that the producer's best means of It has yielded crops of wool and
getting hi crops cheapest to market niutton every year since, and now is
is to have all the competition po-sj. I a much tinner, consistent sod than
bio In the carrying trade, mid there-, when originally broken. Would not
lore he counsels tlie u-e of both the a sytem or one year in fallow crops
liurninl ther.illio.ul. it seems to for wool, niutton, or mill;, one to
me that the policy of farmers.' com-' wheal, one to oats, and four to grass
bluing and building their own grain for wool, mutton, or null; again, bo
warehoii-es, N feasible hi Mich , ,l K,M,d .system? That is the sy.stoni
dou-o communities r grain farmer-, , of Hffht-lund fanning In (front JJrlt-
iis thoo of Albany prairie, in I. Inn aiu, nnd proved s0 good during a
county, mid Howell and French I hundred years as In many cases to
i iinries, in .Marion county ; but if iiaiiruple the value of such land-',
they have Mich a surplus capital to If -Mr. K.I.. Hlbbard Is correct when
withdraw from their running opera- ',0 M.v, he knows he can produce
una Magus or maii'-old u'nrinij
tlons as will enable them to build
and maintain a -y.-tein or river (rails
portation, (heir condition as fanner,,
is certainly not as deplorable as the
nddrcs-. isued by the farmers' moot
ing at Salem would Indicate. Mr.
Finl.iy.son lots the wind out of Mime
of these loud complaints about grind
ing monopolies when he tells that he
can now go to Oi egon City by rail
for four dollars mid in Amr hours or
lime, instead or oven dollars and
twonty-rour hours of time he uod
io nave to give to the Sune tiin be
cheaper than Mr. Cranston can buv
bran and shorts, and I have no
doubt he can, (lion Mich a system as
1 have outlined will prove better
and more profitable than grain after
"'" .luiix Mi.vriw
Di:aiu or .v Pio.i:i:it.-()jJn
Kellogg, Senior, father of Captain
.loseph Kellogg of lNu tliiml, died at
tic ie.ilei.ee ol his miii, last Frldav,
and the leinalns were moved for
...iM.iu.Mi iii uie .Nin-onle ('emeteiv
---''- W(1VIW Kill! . I I I I ll'lll llll. IIIIIIN I I...I...I. fill
J. tho m.lroad was , or.uli,,.-' ili a WClMffi
Ibis Indicates progress In the rbdit Vi""1 ",0 Vixvi)-i Lodges of this oitv.
diiootlou. .Now, if we de..i.e.isor ,,wMw,VM,0,1,l,,,IIY';re!,'"'l'-,'l '' P.
tho Willamette valley could mid lo wayea,,f,SU::va-
..... im-viii moans oi .sending oil' '" ?l Pamcersot urcgon, and up to
products another Hue of railroad m r.",0 i hl? ,ll',,.m 1""1 "Iwavs
from Salem to Astoria, which .hi tiUZt
take all the .,,, ,,;,,, , ,- lltf of the Mate, taking an active p.lrti.t
li ilhumtU tuft,, at Wll uweem,i,t to ! ' ;V".01r.ri"cs ''or,,l,L' P"''"-' Rood.
theiMntt.r mnn.,.:,., n i....',... J !c V ls IvaI.V "o ( the fathers of
. , ., ' imieo.v .HiiMinry on lo Pae I e Coast lmvl.i.,
ino the time as well as the present '.Bli theehaiterV.m, M it, Z
-- -- ...v 'V -Vk A. ' - ---- -"- llsFII
oofreshlpmonLsat M 2 (IT "" the llrwt Lodge,
..lit. .is ii... -1".11 '.fllna ' ". 1. at Oregon Cltv
". "V:rM ' .l ". neom rc-eords show that tY.
,.,.-i..'K."?" 'V"1' ,,fl,'r t'e ancient
enormous oxpen
Portland, mid II
and watage between there and A
iiiriti titutt ink. ...... .4 .. .t..A - ...
"V " V Vl k-'" pomi woiiiu be ;,,"""", nio Many cauopv of
gained, and either Mr. Flnlavson or V ,,7rV,,M hills .""'rounding his
his Kra.u crop could ,,. &$m .
AlUmy to Astoria at little moro, I,.,.. Lodge In rail, L , '; !."i.V'.1 . ',
---, - - -- . mis lllll llllll'll
....ii uie
ami nccessiry cost (ban will now
pa-s tneni iroi
1( is well eiiou
year ISW. His remains
-". .....ii n ill now ,.., fl.. i . .. ' ". 'iiniins
.Mluny (o Portland, ra ,. JJ , tf ...--gli
(o talk of tho plv., Mirvlved i',v . L ... " L".' '' .Kle. P
as a "lio.l-in.ide channel or com- 'fjf"'" . A rrpected and woithv
...eive," In, if the country Is (ode- lWlJ.fcffin? M" "